Knowledge is power, and additional data can translate into insights. Risk management has always been a matter of measuring. The process aims to quantify the frequency of loss and multiply it by the severity of the damage. Therefore, data should be at the core of it, primarily since every transaction generates data and metadata which can be included in models. Yet, to be useful, it has to be correctly selected, filtered and analyzed.
Implementation of data science in an organization requires a dedicated strategy to avoid sub-par results and information overload. When done correctly, it can offer a competitive advantage, insights and even new ways to tackle old problems. In a nutshell, risk management through the lens of data science becomes the ability to transform data into action.
Organizations are making major investments today to harness their massive and rapidly growing quantities of information. They are putting existing data to work that had been trapped in business units and functional silos, and they are managing new types of data coming at them from a wide variety of external sources. They are also building better models with greater predictive power by applying advanced tools and techniques.